Some manufacturers no longer have Vista Recovery Disks available. As that happened with Fujitsu, you will have to try this instead: You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, that contains the files for the various Vista Editions (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) to be installed. Platypus Ice Cycles Rarlab here. Cracker Jacks Jingle.
Fujitsu Siemens V5535 - Clean Install - posted in Windows Vista: Hi. I currently have windows vista home basic service pack 1 installed. Can I use a Retail DVD media with an OEM key to install Windows Vista? Will any Fujitsu Siemens OEM disc do or does it have. You have to download a OEM iso.
The Product Key on your Computer / Laptop case determines which Edition is installed. Other Manufacturers' Recovery DVDs are not to be used for the above purpose. And you need to know the 'bit' version for Vista, as 32bit and 64bit Editions come on different DVDs Cheers. ___________________________________________________ Bill Smithers - Microsoft MVP July 2013 - June 2018.
I got a Fujitsu computer with OEM license key and Windows Vista. I would like to reinstall Windows on it. But I didn't get any Windows media with it. However, I do poses more than just one DVD installation disc from my Retail copies of Windows Vista that I use on other computers. Can I use this media instead? Or do I have to order a specialty OEM DVD media from the manufacturer or Microsoft? Update: I have found some partition called 'EISA' configuration partition.
It is a hidden partition that I found in Disk Management. How can I make use of this? Do I boot from it or do I mount it to a drive letter and access it inside Windows? Can this be used to restore the computer? It is about 11 GB in size. Did you get the key off the COA sticker?
I have used the following methods more than once on other people's laptops and managed to activate Vista every single time: • Do not enter the key during Setup! Wait till Setup's complete and you're in Windows, then go to System and change your product key there (or run the Activation Wizard using slui) • Use phone-based activation As for your recovery partition (if it is indeed one), try pressing each function key ( F9 etc.) in turn as the computer's booting up, and see if you're able to spot a system recovery option. Calisthenics Kingz Chiseled 30. It depends on the type of OEM key that is used. If it is a true OEM key, then yes you will need to get a copy of OEM windows in order to be able to activate it. Typical retail windows will not accept this code. However, sometimes they will use an OA key. I'm not sure what it stands for, but you can reuse it on a retail install.
We do this at my work by buying OA machines, installing our Sysprepped images that contain all of the software pre-installed, then activate the computer using the key it came supplied with.